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总书记

zǒng shū jidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-6992708e230c6196. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

總書記 总书记 [zong3 shu1 ji5] /general secretary (of the Communist Party)/

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Other forms in these source records: 總書記

  • 总
    zǒng

    (bound form) general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zǒng jīng lǐ] or 總編|总编[zǒng biān] etc

  • 书
    shū

    book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write

    Shū

    abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]

  • 记
    jì

    to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots

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